Rail-joint.



S. I. IVANIK.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I. I9I4.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.. 27, 1917.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828,728.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN J. IvANIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved rail joint, and one in which improved features of construction exist, said features of construction beingof such a nature as to reduce the cost of production of the improved joint to a minimum. Furthermore, the adjacent ends of the rails engage and seat in a rail chair, in such a manner as to permit of the usual expansion and contraction of the rails. The main rail chair is seated in rail plates at each end, and in this manner the rail joint is effectively constructed.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved rail joint.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig, 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 3-*3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. t is a detail view showing portions of the joint disassembled.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the improved joint.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate two ties of the usual shape and construction. The improved joint includes a dominant or main rail chair 3, and two rai] plates a and 5. The main rail chair comprises a base portion 6 and two upwardly rising plate flanges 7, between which the webs 9 and 10 of the rails 11 and 12 engage as shown in the drawings. The opposite longitudinal side portions of the rails are extended or beveled downwardly and outwardly upon their under faces as shown at 11il to overlie and engage the upper beveled edges of the flanges 7, thereby preventing the flanges 7 from spreading outwardly. I/Vhere the webs 9 and 10 engage between said plate flanges the bases 13 of said rails are cut away to form recesses lll and 15, which engage the base of the main rail chair between said plate flanges. The base of the main chair at its ends and both sides is provided with notches or recesses 17a, in which the spikes 17 (which assist in securing the rail plates 4l and 5 in place) engage for holding the main chair in position. The opposite side edge portions of each rail plate are provided with small flanges or ribs 18, between which the base of the main chair engages. Spikes 19 are also employed for assisting in securing the rail or rail tie plates in position, which spikes 19 engage notches or recesses 19a of the rail bases to prevent longitudinal movement of said rails.

The base of the main chair alines with the bases of the adjoining rails, as will be seen in the top plan view of Fig. 5.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is z* In a rail joint, a main rail chair having a base provided with a pair of plate flanges rising upwardly from the base and being spaced apart and having their upper edges beveled outwardly and downwardly, the crotch of the space between said flanges being higher' than the outer upper faces of the side portions of said chair base, said chair spanning a pair of adjoining ties, a pair of auxiliary chairs on said ties, each having upstanding ribs near its outer ends, between which the outer edges of the main chair base engage, the outer edges of the main chair base at both ends thereof having notches, spikes passing through the notches and the auxiliary chairs, thereby spiking said chairs to the ties, a pair of adjoining rails having adjacent portions of their bases and portions of the lower parts of their webs cut away, whereby the webs above said cutaway portions may engage closely between said plate flanges, so that the lower edges of the webs at said cutaway portions may be spaced slightly above the crotch between the plate iianges, and additional means penetrating the auxiliary chairs and overlying the outer edge portions of the bases of the rails, thereby additionally spikingsaid attendant parts to the ties, the under faces of the treads of said In testimony whereof I have vsigned my ralls bemg undercut and beveled upwardly name to thls speclcatlon 1n the presence of and lnwardly, to engage the beveled edges two subscrlblng Witnesses,

of said plate flanges, whereby as pressure STEPHEN J. IVANIK.

5 is applied upon the rails the plate flanges lNtnessesi are forced toward and clamped against the NELLIE VHITEHOUSE, Webs of the ralls. I. M. l/VEINBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

` Washington, D. C. 

